Without blowing our horn like, y'know, too much, we really have been on top of the project mastering trend for some time. So for this roundup, well assume you have the basics figured out (you can ...

*We often hear the word ‘mastering engineer’ and wonder what that is and what exactly does the job entails. Since it’s a radical role in the world of music and indispensable in post-production, one ...

Waves has become the latest company to launch an online mastering service. And guess what? It’s powered by AI. Known simply as Waves Online Mastering - it does what it says on the tin, etc - the ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

It was just a stray remark at the end of a guitar lesson last fall. My teacher is a veteran musician whose band has had both major label and indie record deals, and he loves the analog, the human, the ...

“These are coaxial speakers, and the tweeter’s in the throat of the woofer.” “Now you have 16 sets of stampers for a set of lacquers.” The language can get pretty heady when Bernie Grundman is talking ...

According to many Metallica devotees, the official version of the band’s 2008 record Death Magnetic is not the one worth listening to. Upon the album’s release, fan forums exploded in disgust, choked ...